Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H8085: שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ) Definition

Strong's number
H8085
Lemma
שָׁמַע
Transliteration
shâmaʻ
Pronunciation
shaw-mah'
Strong's definition
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness. a primitive root;

1071 instances of the word שָׁמַע shâmaʻ (H8085)


  • Genesis 42:21 - And they said one concerning our brother We are verily guilty concerning our brother in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he besought us and we would not hear come the anguish

  • Genesis 42:22 - answered And Reuben Spake I Spake I Spake I Do not sin against the child and ye would not hear therefore behold also his blood is required

  • Genesis 42:23 - And they knew understood not that Joseph them for he spake unto them by an interpreter

  • Genesis 43:25 - And they made ready the present against came Joseph at noon for they heard that they should eat bread

  • Genesis 45:2 - aloud And he wept heard heard and the house of Pharaoh

  • Genesis 45:16 - And the fame thereof was heard house Pharaoh saying are come brethren Joseph's and it pleased and Pharaoh and his servants

  • Genesis 49:2 - Gather yourselves together and hear ye sons of Jacob and hear unto Israel your father

  • Habakkuk 1:2 - O LORD how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear even cry out unto thee of violence and thou wilt not save

  • Habakkuk 3:2 - O LORD I have heard thy speech and was afraid O LORD thy work in the midst of the years revive in the midst of the years make known in wrath mercy remember

  • Habakkuk 3:16 - When I heard and I trembled my belly at the voice quivered my lips entered rottenness into my bones and I trembled in myself that I might rest in the day of trouble when he cometh up unto the people he will invade them with his troops

  • Haggai 1:12 - obeyed Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Joshua the son of Josedech priest the high with all the remnant him and the people the voice as the LORD their God and the words of Haggai the prophet had sent as the LORD their God did fear him and the people before as the LORD

  • Hosea 4:1 - Hear the word for the LORD ye children of Israel hath a controversy for the LORD with the inhabitants in the land because there is no truth nor mercy nor knowledge of God in the land

  • Hosea 5:1 - Hear ye this O priests and hearken O house of Israel O house of the king and give ye ear for judgment is toward you because ye have been a snare on Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor

  • Hosea 9:17 - will cast them away My God because they did not hearken unto him and they shall be wanderers among the nations

  • Isaiah 1:2 - Hear O heavens and give ear O earth for the LORD hath spoken children I have nourished and brought up and they have rebelled

  • Isaiah 1:10 - Hear the word of the LORD ye rulers of Sodom give ear unto the law of our God ye people of Gomorrah

  • Isaiah 1:15 - And when ye spread forth your hands I will hide mine eyes from you yea when ye make many prayers I will not hear your hands of blood are full

  • Isaiah 1:19 - If ye be willing and obedient the good of the land ye shall eat

  • Isaiah 6:8 - Also I heard the voice of the Lord for us Then said I Here am I send for us Then said I Here am I send

  • Isaiah 6:9 - And he said And he said this people Hear Hear but understand not and see not and see but perceive